Tehanu

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fantasy novel novel

Tehanu is a fantasy novel in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series that revisits the archipelago through a more intimate, feminist lens, focusing on the lives of Tenar and a mysterious, traumatized child.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tehanu canonical 6
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea 1
Tenar and Ged 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
alternateTitle Tehanu ⓘ
surface form: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
author Ursula K. Le Guin ⓘ
awarded Locus Award ⓘ
surface form: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ
belongsToCycle Earthsea ⓘ
surface form: Earthsea Cycle
centralRelationship Tehanu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tenar and Ged

Tenar ⓘ
surface form: Tenar and Therru
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Leo and Diane Dillon ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed for feminist themes ⓘ
exploresPerspective women in Earthsea ⓘ
featuresCharacter Moss ⓘ
Ogion ⓘ
focusesOn a traumatized child named Therru ⓘ
the later life of Tenar ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
feminist fantasy ⓘ
high fantasy ⓘ
hasAudiobookVersion yes ⓘ
hasISBN 0-689-31450-9 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Ged ⓘ
Tenar ⓘ
Therru ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
originalMediaType print ⓘ
partOfSeries Earthsea ⓘ
prequel The Farthest Shore ⓘ
publicationYear 1990 ⓘ
publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers ⓘ
surface form: Atheneum Books
revisitsCharacterFrom The Tombs of Atuan ⓘ
sequel Tales from Earthsea ⓘ
The Other Wind ⓘ
setting Earthsea ⓘ
surface form: Earthsea archipelago

Gont ⓘ
subverts traditional heroic fantasy tropes ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
gender ⓘ
patriarchy and oppression ⓘ
power ⓘ
trauma and healing ⓘ
timeSetting after Ged loses his powers ⓘ
world Earthsea ⓘ
surface form: Archipelago of Earthsea

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursula K. Le Guin → notableWork → Tehanu ⓘ
The Farthest Shore → followedBy → Tehanu ⓘ
Tehanu → alternateTitle → Tehanu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
Tehanu → centralRelationship → Tehanu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenar and Ged
The Other Wind → mainCharacter → Tehanu ⓘ
Tales from Earthsea → follows → Tehanu ⓘ
Earthsea → notableCharacter → Tehanu ⓘ
Earthsea → hasWork → Tehanu ⓘ